I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year - round sun．You may think People , such an attractive, fun - filled place are happier than others．If so you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness．
Many intelligent people still think fun equals happiness．The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common．Fun is what we experience during an act．Happiness is what we experience after an act．It is a deep, long-lasting emotion．
Going to an amusement park or a ball game, watching a movie or television are fun activities that help us relax, temporally forget our problems and maybe even laugh．But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends．
I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun．They have constant access to exciting parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells "happiness" But in memoir（回憶錄） after memoir, they expose Ac unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages and loneliness．
Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying．If he is honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment．For commitment is in fact quite painful．The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement．Man-iage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features．
Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness．They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they want．Couples with babies are lucky to get a whole night' s sleep．I don't know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children．
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations we can ever come to．It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can truly increase our happiness．It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless．And it frees us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and famous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all．
小題1:What is the passage mainly about?
A．Fun and happiness．B．Success and satisfaction．
C．Marriage and commitment．D．Entertainment and responsibility．
小題2:The author probably agrees that ____．
A．fun creates long - lasting satisfaction
B．long - standing fun may lead to happiness
C．fun is short-lived while happiness is long-lasting
D．fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness
小題3:What does the author think of marriage?
A．It ends in pain．B．It means commitment．
C．It affords greater fun．D．It leads to raising children．
小題4:If one gets the real meaning of happiness, he ____．
A．will start a business          B  won' t place too much value on money
C．will seek for freedom           D．won't devote himself to his family

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小題19:
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One summer several years ago, my family was enjoying a barbecue on the beach. After the barbecue, my father-in-law invited me to go fishing.  Fishing was his hobby, but I   36  went fishing. We walked a little way along the beach and reached a rock by the shore, and I    37   the hook into the sea from there.  Frankly speaking, I am a (n)   38  person, and although I had not felt a tug (猛拽) on the line, I reeled up the hook after five minutes or so. I had caught    39 . It was a starfish. It trembled uneasily when I   40  the hook from its ugly mouth. I threw the starfish back into the sea. After another five minutes I caught another starfish and I threw it back again.
After a while, I caught yet another starfish. That was  41  time, and this time I really got angry. I hit the starfish on the rock   42  throwing it into the sea. I was not in the   43  to continue fishing any more.
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“All right, dear, please throw the starfish back into the sea,” I said to the little girl, feeling   52 . The girl picked up the starfish and gently put it into the sea, and she  53  at me and said, “Thank you, sir.”
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小題2:
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小題4:
A．a(chǎn)nythingB．somethingC．everythingD．nothing
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A．receivedB．releasedC．replacedD．relaxed
小題6:
A．a(chǎn) secondB．the secondC．the thirdD．a(chǎn) third
小題7:
A．other thanB．instead ofC．more thanD．except for
小題8:
A．senseB．hope C．moodD．peace
小題9:
A．putting offB．putting outC．putting inD．putting away
小題10:
A．changedB．exchangedC．experiencedD．a(chǎn)rranged
小題11:
A．frightenedB．hopelessC．puzzledD．hesitating
小題12:
A．putB．threwC．castD．dropped
小題13:
A．ThereforeB．HoweverC．BesidesD．Still
小題14:
A．died outB．worn outC．turned outD．dried out
小題15:
A．protectedB．blessedC．createdD．a(chǎn)dmitted
小題16:
A．ideaB．excuseC．purposeD．a(chǎn)bility
小題17:
A．very satisfiedB．a(chǎn) little ashamed C．quite angryD．a(chǎn) bit tired
小題18:
A．smiledB．shoutedC．lookedD．laughed
小題19:
A．carryingB．basedC．dependedD．following
小題20:
A．valueB．rightC．priceD．life

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Edward Wilson is America’s, if not the world’s, leading naturalist. In The Future of Life, he takes us on a tour of the world’s natural resources. How are they used? What has been lost? What remains and is it able to continue with the present speed of use? Wilson also points out the need to understand fully the biodiversity(生物多樣性)of our earth.
Wilson begins with an open letter to the pioneer in environment protection, Henry David Thoreau. He compares today’s Walden Pond with that of Thoreau’s day. Wilson will use such comparisons for the rest of the book. The problem is clear: man has done great damage to his home over the years. Can the earth, with human help, be made to return to biodiversity levels that will be able to support us in the future?
Biodiversity, Wilson argues, is the key to settling many problems the earth faces today. Even our agricultural crops can gain advantages from it. A mere hundred species are the basis of our food supply, of which but twenty carry the load. Wilson suggests changing this situation by looking into ten thousand species that could be made use of, which will be a way to reduce the clearing of the natural homes of plants and animals to enlarge farming areas.
At the end of the book, Wilson discusses the importance of human values in considering the environment. If you are to continue to live on the earth, you may well read and act on the ideas in this book.
小題1:We learn form the text that Wilson cares most about ______.
A．the environment for plantsB．the biodiversity of our earth
C．the wastes of natural resourcesD．the importance of human values
小題2:How many species are most important to our present food supply?
A．Twenty.B．Eighty. C．One hundred.D．Ten thousand.
小題3:Wilson suggests that one way to keep biodiversity is to _______.
A．learn how to farm scientifically B．build homes for some dying species
C．make it clear what to eatD．use more species for food
小題4:We can infer that the text is _______.
A．a(chǎn) description of natural resourcesB．a(chǎn) research report
C．a(chǎn) book review D．a(chǎn)n introduction to a scientist

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